One Click Backup? It Exists!
March 15, 2005
A few days ago, I wrote about a simple method of backing up that is accessible to all bloggers but one that only saves the posts, and nothing more. I was challenged by Ruth’s question about having a short and easy way of having an offline copy of everything she has published and I remembered reading about the One Click Backup for 1.5 from Weblog Tools Collection.
This plugin requires the blogger to have ftp access to their root folder or they can have their blog hosts do the uploading for them. The backup tool creates copies of the database within the blog folder (under the wp-contents subdirectory) and names it according to the date of backup. A word of warning though: If you keep clicking on that backup tool and not keep track of the disk space the files use, you may just surprise yourself with a message from your web host saying you’ve just run out of space.
Download and unzip the file into your computer. Using an FTP client (again, I prefer WS_FTP), login to your account and create a folder called backup under the root/wp-content/ directory as shown below:
Right click on the folder and click PROPERTIES.
Under PROPERTIES, assign WRITE permissions to the backup folder by checking the write boxes under ‘owner,’ ‘group,’ and ‘world.’
Upload all the files except backuprestore.php and ReadMe.txt to the root/wp-admin folder.
Upload the backuprestore.php file to the root/wp-contents/plugin folder and ACTIVATE the plugin.
A new BACKUP/RESTORE tab will appear on the top menu alongside Options and Logout.
Upon clicking the BACKUP/RESTORE tab, you will be taken to a screen that looks like this:
BACKUP DATABASE – saves/backs up all data about your blog that is saved in the mysql database. This includes all your posts, comments, blog settings, including usernames and passwords to name a few.
BACKUP WORDPRESS FILES – saves/backs up WordPress install files, themes, images, css files, index.php, and other files except those mentioned in BACKUP DATABASE.
RESTORE YOUR DATABASE – please use sparingly and with the guidance of your web host if you are not sure about what you are doing! This tool restores posts/comments and settings stored in the .sql files that you back up on a regular basis in the unfortunate occasion that you lose your blog data.
To use the BACKUP DATABASE, all you need to do is to click the button. A confirmation will appear on the upper left portion of the screen and a download link right below it.
Right click on the ‘Download the new Backup Sql File’ link, choose ‘Save As’ and save the file to your local drive.
Using the BACKUP WORDPRESS FILES is just as straightforward, click the button and the confirmation will appear on top right, next to the download link. The backup file is in TAR format (.tar.gz) which is the Unix standard for archiving but is compatible with Windows systems. You can use Winzip to decompress the file.
To RESTORE YOUR DATABASE (and this is assuming you are using this only because you absolutely have to!) manually type in the .sql file name of the database and click the Restore Database button. A confirmation appears on the upper part of the screen with a link to view the site. Check to see that all your posts/comments were restored correctly.
To my hostees: This tool need not be installed on your blogs because I do a manual backup of your databases on a regular basis. If you feel you should have it, send me a written request with reasons why this should be installed on your blog.
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March 15th, 2005 at 9:49 am
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March 15th, 2005 at 6:47 pm
So I installed this and tried it out. It mostly works… I was able to successfully backup my database. However, when I click “Backup WordPress Files”, I get this:
Warning: opendir(/home/davescha/public_html/wp-content/../wp-content/../wp-content/../wp-content/../wp-content/../ (and on and on…)
in /home/davescha/public_html/wp-admin/Tar.php on line 774
Any ideas?
March 15th, 2005 at 7:38 pm
Hmmm, I’ve never come across this error but did you try reuploading the Tar.php file into wp-admin?
You might want to post this error at the Weblog Tools Collection comments on One Click Backup for 1.5 as they may have a solution for it already.
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March 16th, 2005 at 3:12 am
whew! relief. aside from the pc-looking screens, i’m just a lazy lazy back-upper!
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March 16th, 2005 at 10:47 am
I get “fopen” and “fwrite” errors. Is my host not allowing me to use some php feautures?!?!
March 16th, 2005 at 11:48 am
hi flip, that happened to me too. try redoing the folder permissions on the ‘backup’ folder. if not, delete the folder, recreate it, and assign write permissions yet again. i’m not sure what caused it but that fixed it for me.
hope this helps.
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March 16th, 2005 at 5:24 pm
One Click Backup? It Exists!
Existe sim e o João explica-o muito bem aqui.
Temos então mais um plugin para o wordpress, estão todos os dias a serem criados os mais variados, impressionante como a comunidade está a crescer….
March 17th, 2005 at 4:04 am
Thanks for the help, Catsudon!
It worked!
March 17th, 2005 at 9:24 am
I get a wierd error when I try to back up:
Warning: main(brvars.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/ergonomi/public_html/wp-admin/backuprestoreAdmin.php on line 314
Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required ‘brvars.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:’) in /home/ergonomi/public_html/wp-admin/backuprestoreAdmin.php on line 314
It also asked me to move the backuprestoreAdmin ot the wp-admin folder.. but that wasn’t mentioned in any of the directions.. what am i doing wrong/
Thanks
-Chris
March 17th, 2005 at 11:25 am
what version of the one click backup are you using?
March 17th, 2005 at 11:54 am
fixed it nevermind!
March 17th, 2005 at 7:43 pm
I’ll do that, thanks
March 18th, 2005 at 10:17 am
I got no errors, if i try this offline (wamp) but i get these errors, when trying online:
Warning: fopen(/usr/local/pem/vhosts/9210/webspace/httpdocs/wp-content/backup/18032005wordpress.sql): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /usr/local/pem/vhosts/9210/webspace/httpdocs/wp-admin/backuprestoreAdmin.php on line 221
Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /usr/local/pem/vhosts/9210/webspace/httpdocs/wp-admin/backuprestoreAdmin.php on line 222
Backup Successful.
March 18th, 2005 at 12:15 pm
Ok, i got. T’was the file-permission which confused me.
March 19th, 2005 at 8:17 pm
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April 4th, 2005 at 2:20 pm
FYI —
Not sure if others using IIS had this, but the plugin line:
“if ( ! is_plugin_page() ) {
function br_add_menu() {
add_menu_page(‘Backup/Restore’, ‘Backup/Restore’, 9, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/backuprestoreAdmin.php’);
}
add_action(‘admin_menu’, ‘br_add_menu’);
}”
was giving me errors (“no input selected”) when I tried to click the Backup/Restore.
I removed the “dirname(__FILE__) . ” and the extra / in front of backuprestoreAdmin.php and everything works great. Thanks for the handy script.
April 9th, 2005 at 6:06 am
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April 11th, 2005 at 11:47 am
catsie, could i use this on mychron? want to consult with you first before i do because i don’t know if it will increase my current used webspace.
April 11th, 2005 at 12:22 pm
april, yes! go ahead. just make sure you maintain only up to two or three database file backups (since you have ftp access) at a time so it doesn’t eat up too much space.
install away! let me know how it works for you and if you run into any kerfuffle.
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May 13th, 2005 at 2:13 am
it seems fine, till i click backup/restore. first i get this (always surprising, it’s an XP pro box, since when does it know about permissions?)
:
Forbidden
You don’t have permission to access /wp/wp-admin/c:\documents and settings\1\my documents\htdocs\wp\wp-content\plugins\wp_backup/backuprestoreAdmin.php on this server.
then, if i enter the url manually, like so:
http://localhost/wp/wp-admin/backuprestoreAdmin.php
and i encounter the following:
Notice: Use of undefined constant ABSPATH – assumed ‘ABSPATH’ in c:\documents and settings\1\my documents\htdocs\wp\wp-admin\brvars.php on line 9
Warning: touch(): Unable to create file ABSPATHwp-content/backup/index.html because No such file or directory in c:\documents and settings\1\my documents\htdocs\wp\wp-admin\backuprestoreadmin.php on line 6
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_settings() in c:\documents and settings\1\my documents\htdocs\wp\wp-admin\backuprestoreadmin.php on line 7
help?
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July 13th, 2005 at 7:59 pm
Very nice tutorial! I was wondering if you were aware of any problems with the Backup item not displaying in the admin area. The only difference is that I did not make the backup folder world writable.
b.t.w. Nice formatting buttons, are they part of the template style?
- Bluescreen
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May 20th, 2006 at 10:19 pm
i did the back-up and everything went fine. backups are also downloaded. is it ok if i delete the back-up files in my back-up directory and just upload it when i need to?
May 21st, 2006 at 8:28 am
hi iska! yup, that’s perfectly fine. saves you some space on your webhosting account.
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September 23rd, 2006 at 10:10 am
I found a software that can help automatically backup your websites and wordpress as well. I thought many would want to use this also as I did.
Very good software but I am still testing it.
take a look at http://www.cpsitesaver.com
November 13th, 2006 at 8:49 am
The perfect tool for your web site backup (ftp+mysql) is SiteVault ( http://www.site-vault.com ). It takes a bit to configure (many options and features) but you can just forget about it until you need the latest backup restored
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George
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November 5th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Hi
Couldnt seem to get this to work, probably me being dumb, anyone still struglling could use this site Chris McDermott which helped me
Cheers Steve
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I’m not a huge fan of downloading backups to my local PC. It’s yet another thing I have to organize and make sure I backup when I do my local PC archiving. I feel much safer using a web-based tool like SitePlanB.com